The six days a year door

Beautiful door! And, your mitering skills are better than mine :( I’ve just managed to pick up a digital meter so I can set my table saw to exactly 45% because the method of laying a square on it just hasn’t been working.

My first attempt at a screen door came out o.k. but I notice the kids push on the screen instead of the frame to open the door. I like your half moon door push. I might give that a try on the next one. And homemade door handles “of course”.................

-- mike...............

That’s a great looking door. Very nicely done!

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There is nothing wrong with those miters!

I have found out the hard way that the bigger and/or longer the pieces, the harder it is to get perfect miters!

Did you use the chop saw or the miter box saw? Either way, these are good miters!

By the way, did you put these photos into Google Drive? I have been doing that just as a archive of my woodworking photos and, as an added benefit, I get access where ever I have an internet connection!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

those miters are better than mine by a long shot!

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Those miters were done with one of those cheap yellow plastic miter boxes and a little Japanese pull saw. (I love that little saw) The chop saw didn’t arrive till after this was done or I would have used it. Joe, you should see the ones I didn’t use.

I only put up the one I gave you the link to but have been too unorganized to get organized. I did realize that all I have to do is put things in the Drive folder and they will be synced to Google. That’s handy. All I have to do is figure out which incriminating photos I want to share.

-- Visualize whirled peas

Glad you like Google Drive!

-- "I never met a board I didn't like!"

It’s a really great door! The cropping is very artistic—you didn’t need to mention the clean up business at all.

I agree with redryder, the half moon push will save having to redo it a lot sooner. Genius!

Doe

-- Mother Nature talks, I try to listen

Great screen door! I love the half moon push and that doug fir and walnut look great together. Are those plugs or did you dowel it together? Looks classy regardless. I made a screen door for my shop but I’m certainly not going to post it now (after seeing yours). The warp along one side leaves a gap you could throw a cat through!

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gf – The four corners of the door are half lapped and then doweled. The rest of them are plugs. And to tell the truth, the intermediate cross members are pocket screwed on the edges. The plugs are merely decorative because I was having fun playing with my new plug cutters. It was kind of therapeutic. :)

-- Visualize whirled peas

Your screen door looks very artistic! Much better than the average store-bought variety.

L/W

-- Jesus is the ONLY reason for ANY season.

Real nice job on the door. Thanks for the north woods logic .”you dont need a handle to push a door open.” made me smile out loud